GBNEWS Video: As house prices soar and demand remains sky high with supply not growing anywhere near quickly enough, John Penrose explains why he is presenting his Bill to Parliament.

‘This gives people a chance to say, look, we don’t think that our councils moving fast enough.’ As house prices soar and demand remains sky high with supply not growing anywhere near quickly enough, John says he has a plan to fix it.

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YIMBY ALLIANCE: John Penrose and Bob Blackman set to put forward Bill that would empower local communities to vote on their own housing design and density rules.

Today a group of MPs led by John Penrose MP and Bob Blackman MP will sponsor a ‘Presentation Bill’ to allow the Secretary of State to enact secondary legislation empowering local communities to vote on their own housing design and density rules. The proposals would allow trials of community-led solutions…

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John Penrose MP’s Letter To The Transport Minister in response to the Road Investment Strategy

I’m writing to make a submission about investment to improve capacity on the M5 between J21 and J20. Although Covid has temporarily masked the problem over the past year or so, the peak commuter road traffic between Weston and Bristol grows year on year and makes current (already unacceptable) jams around Junction…

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Weston’s MP calls on Government to assist with M5 improvements

Weston’s MP John Penrose has responded to the Government’s Road Investment Strategy to ask for support in delivering M5 improvements. The Road Investment Strategy will make decisions about how and where to invest in our motorways and trunk ‘A’ roads in addition to responding to plans to decarbonise transport. John’s response follows his well-known concerns that North Somerset Council’s current draft Local…

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